City of Greensboro / Police Officer
Role across City of Greensboro
Police Officer
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
482 people hold the Police Officer role across 1 department in City of Greensboro, with a median total compensation of $66,065. Among 31 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City of Greensboro ranks #24 by median pay.
- Employees
- 482
- Median pay
- $66,065
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #24 of 31
Compared with the local labor market
Police Officer pay vs. the Greensboro-High Point, NC area
Across all employers in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 1,700 people — is $60,830. City of Greensboro pays a median base salary of $66,065 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City of Greensboro sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Greensboro’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. City of Greensboro’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 35th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Greensboro-High Point, NC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at City of Greensboro is $66,065, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Police Officer pay in other jurisdictions
Where Police Officers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officerroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.